Re-gendered X-Men, Tolkien's sketches, Trek 2 and Halloween!

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As you rise from the deadening hours of the work week, quicken your Halloween weekend with the Hottest Stories and Best Comments. Herein you'll find re-gendered X-Men, new Tolkien sketches, Henry Cavill's abs and seven scary and terrifying (and funny) holiday-themed features. Also, we bid adieu to the Joker's cackle. Click through ... if you DARE!

Your best comment:I always find it funny that when the roles are reversed and the male super heroes are barely dressed the guys complain about it and question the characters sexuality. Yet when the women complain that the female characters are barely dressed and it's not really fair, we are told to "shut up and go make me a sandwich". You can't have double standards here boys. If we can't complain neither can you. So why don't you just go back to the basement with your Cheetos and hush up. — Beth

Your best comment:These remind me of the Father Christmas letters that Tolkien illustrated for his children. If you've never read them, you're missing out. They're a holiday staple at my house. — Tom Black

Your best comment:No ET Cola flavour biscuits? GOOD - they were the most disgusting thing ever. Custard Creme style but in different colours and tasted of Cola. They even felt slightly fizzy. I feel sick thinking of them. — Ponkle

Your best comment:The notable absentee from this list (to my mind anyway) is Arvin Sloane from ALIAS. Granted....he is buried.......likely never to be found......but he is still immortal and doubtless deserves to die. — ALIASFan

Your best comment:Good list. Ft. McHenry in Baltimore is not a bad choice either. It's fairly well protected on three sides and close enough to the city for foraging. ... Now they need to post the 10 realistic ways you could get to these location during zombie apocalypse (and still survive). — Drake

Your best comment:Actually, the production team has all referenced "The Dark Knight" as a shining example of what a sequel should be. And I think that movie is going to influence how they name the next Trek film. Namely, "Batman" was nowhere in that title. So I'm expecting the next film to be called something like "Strange New Worlds" or "To Boldly Go" with no "Star Trek:" in the title. But it'll be a phrase that's already well associated with the franchise. And Trek has plenty of those. — Chris

Your best comment:My God, how could you not list SEVEREN from Near Dark? Talk about the exact opposite of "sparkly"! Half the vampires on this list couldn't match his bad-as* ruthlessness! Easily one of the greatest genre roles Bill Paxton has ever dished up next to his take on Hudson. Why does Severen never get any love? — Z

Your best comment:I remember being FLOORED when I found out that Mark Hamill was the voice of the Joker on Batman: TAS. He had so fully transformed his voice into someone completely different, and at the same time was bringing forth the mania and psychosis behind the Joker so well. The only other Joker I had known before was Jack Nicholson, who did a fine enough job, but Hamill's interpretation blew Nicholson out of the water. Yep, blew Nicholson out of the water. I repeated it because it's so true. — mredder4